{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2002-1963", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Linux kernel 2.4.1 through 2.4.19 sets root's NR_RESERVED_FILES limit to 10 files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by opening 10 setuid binaries." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "20020708 Re: Linux kernels DoSable by file-max limit", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/281359" }, { "name": "20020707 Linux kernels DoSable by file-max limit", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/281100" }, { "name": "5178", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5178" }, { "name": "linux-file-limit-dos(9515)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9515.php" } ] } }